Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
8.2
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
29137
Points per Word
0.000172
Page Count
224
Points per Page
0.022321
Series
Up Close (Viking)
Description
This biography covers the highlights of Du Bois's long life, from his early conflicts with Booker T. Washington and his founding of the NAACP to the challenges of the Depression, the war years, and the early civil rights movement.